Guy-clamp.



J. BLACKBURN.

GUY CLAMP.

APPLIOATION FILED DEO.18, 1911.

1,071,868. Patented Sept.2,1913.

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JASPER BLACKBURN, OF KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI.

Specification of letters Patent.

Application filed December 18, 1911.

GUY-CLAMP.

Patented Sept. 72, 1.913.

Serial No. 666,513.

To all iii/1.0m it may concern Be it known that I, Jasrnn BLACKBURN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Kirkwood, St. Louis county, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im- )l'tWClIlOIltlS in (in -Clam )s of which the i :tollowing is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom j anying drawings, forming a part hereof,

My invention relates to 1Ilt[)l'OV0lIl611tS in guy clan'lps, and the object of my invention is to construct a novel device for securing the end of a guy to a pole, and also to construct the device in such a manner as to be itself secured to the pole to prevent movements of the portion of the guy, which embraces the pole, lengthwise relative to the pole.

W'ith the above purposes in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated by the accon'ipanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying my invention and illustrates a portion of a pole and fragments of a guy wire; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my in'iproved device in position upon a pole, a section of guy wire being shown held by the device; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and Fig. l is a side elevation on a reduced scale illustrating a section of guy wire secured in place upon a pole by a device embodying my invention.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings: 1 designates a segmental collar having adjacent its base and on its inside face a plurality of teeth 2. At the central portion of the collar there is a pcrforation through which a lag screw 3 may be inserted, and in the collar on either side of the opening to receive the screw 3 there are perforations to receive the nails or screws 4.

Projecting downwardly and outwardly from the collar 1 at an angle of aproximately forty five degrees is the body portion 5 arranged to support the guy engaging members, one of which comprises an integral loop 6, the upper and lower walls of which are pa 'allel and the side walls of which converge from their bottoms up wardly. As clearly shown in the drawings, the uppermost wall of the loop is a continuation of the body portion 5 and the side walls and bottom wall of the loop are in planes beniath the body portion 5. As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the body portion 5 is substantially triangular shape and the loop (5 stands in a plane outside and beyond the body portion.

7 designates an integral wire guide the channel 8 of which parallels the margin of the body portion 5, and said guide is ar ranged between the loop (3 and the collar 1.

Formed integral with the margin of the body portion 5 opposite the margin having the loop 6 and the wire guide 7 is an integral member 9 which is a marginal continuation of the body portion 5 and which is doubled back and overlies said body portion to provide a space or loop to embrace the wire.

Formed tl'n-ough the men'ihcr t) and through the body portion 5 are alining apertures 1.0 through which a wire, pin or the like may be inserted for the temporary retention of the wire in the loop.

11 designates a wedge shape block whose largest end is semicircular and whose margin is channeled at 12 to receive the guy wire.

The device of my invei'ition serves the double purpose of preventing the guy from vertical movements relative the pole and as a means for securing the guy to the pole In practice the device is secured in place by means of screws or nails, such as 3 and +t shown in Fig. 2, with the teeth 9 imbedded in the pole. The ends of the guy are each inserted through the loop (3 'torming a loop in the guy which loop embraces the wedge shape block 11. The loop in the guy and the wedge shape block are then drawn into the loop (3. The guy is then passed around the pole ttt'irming a loop supported at. one end over the channel 8 and at the other end over the triangular shaped body portion 5 and held against; movements by the guide 7 and the. retaining member t). The free end of the guy is then secured in a common manner to an anchor or other stationary object.

I claim:

1. In a guy clamp a collar arranged to be secured to a pole and provided with teeth to hold it against ll'lOVclIlOlltS relative to the pole, a downwardly and outwardly inclined V-shaped integral extension of said collar, an integral loop having converging walls formed on one margin of said extension, and an integral wire guide formed on the margin of the extension opposite the loop.

2. In a guy clamp, a segmental collar provided with means whereby it may be secured to a pole, an integral body portion extended downwardly and outwardly from said collar, a loop formed on the margin of said body portion and provided wit-h con verging Walls, a removable wedge-shaped member for insertion in said loop, and a wire guide formed on the margin of said body portion opposite said loop, substantially as shown and for the purposes stated.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JASPER BLACKBURN.

Witnesses:

E. L. VVALLAOE, N. G. BUTLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

